English - Adjective

LESS (_superlative_ LEAST)
* (now archaic except with numbers) comparative form of _little_: more little; smaller. [from 11th c.]
* 1624, John Smith, _Generall Historie_, in Kupperman 1988, p. 141:
Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier, but LESSE [...].
* A smaller amount (of); not as much. [from 14th c.]
I have LESS than you have;

English - Preposition

LESS
* Minus; not including
_It should then tax all of that as personal income, LESS the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business._
ANTONYMS
* plus
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